Track Your Growth As A Drama Student - 1553 Words

16. Track your growth as a drama student (from the beginning of this course and/or since the previous drama course). Near the beginning of the course, drama didn’t seem like an important part of my school experience. For the duration of the first few weeks, it felt illegitimate to call myself a drama student. I wasn’t comfortable enough to view the class as anything more than a course this semester. However, as the semester progressed and I became more comfortable with my peers, my growth as a drama student developed. I think my communication skills have improved as a result of the course, especially when it comes to collaborating and working with others. I usually try to avoid group work and hate group projects as I prefer to do†¦show more content†¦All the group projects including this helped develop negotiating skills when dealing with conflicts. Timed group work done in class also helped my growth as both a drama student and as a person. There was always at least one person who didn’t like participating and was embarrassed to carry out certain actions when presenti ng to the class, but working with them helped me become more patient and helped with skills when dealing with those who are hard to cooperate with. I believe the main improvement to myself because of the course was talking to new people and more easily expressing myself in front of others without worrying about judgement, though I hope it will improve even more by the end of the course. 59. Have you ever experienced stage fright? If so, when and what happened? If not, why don’t you think you’re afraid of the stage? As someone who is relatively extroverted, I can say that stage fright doesn’t affect me as much as it does others. However, I am not a performer and still get cases of the jitters on stage sometimes. In grade 8, I participated in a music performance of The Sound of Music hosted at my school. It wasn’t the same as a play or a musical, but our teacher chose certain song scenes from the movie to perform. I auditioned and I was chosen for the part of Maria, as well as one of the nuns in the song, How Do You Solve a